Dead City Ruins stun in riff and rhythm on scintillating LP
Zoë Radas
STACK Writer
On 'Shockwave', hard-rockers Dead City Ruins introduce listeners to a new chapter in the glinting tome that is their story: vocalist Steve Welsh.
Like the lovekid of Axl and Ozzy, Welsh’s voice boasts precision – have faith he will roundhouse each and every meteoric note he goes for – but also a loose flexibility, letting him loop and slither around his bandmates’ extraordinarily tight playing (in riff and in rhythm; see the well-titled Speed Machine, or the dynamic stop/start pockets of Preacher) with abandon.
And then there are the shivers the ominous and contemplative Rain will elicit...
Shockwave presents the Melbourne five-piece in stellar form, unhindered and wielding the might of The Sorcerer – this is super vibrant and turbo-enjoyable rock.
Shockwave by Dead City Ruins drops via AFM Records.
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